Senior Manager, Hardware Reliability & Test

Muon Space•San Jose, CA

7d•Hybrid

About The Position

Muon is seeking a Senior Manager to lead and build our Hardware Reliability & Test organization. This team partners with every hardware function to ensure consistent qualification across our platforms, owns a holistic system reliability narrative, and provides the frameworks, tooling, and shared resources for testing Muon hardware from module level through fully assembled spacecraft. You will grow and lead teams spanning Reliability & Qualification, Spacecraft Acceptance Test & Test Framework Engineering, and Test Support Resources. This position is hybrid and requires working on-site in our San Jose, CA office three days per week.

Requirements

Hands-on experience qualifying complex hardware for spaceflight or similarly demanding environments (thermal, vacuum, vibration, EMI/EMC)
B.S. in Electrical, Mechanical, Aerospace Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field
10+ years of experience in hardware test, qualification, or reliability engineering, including 3+ years leading engineering teams
Proven ability to define processes and drive consistency across multiple engineering teams
Working knowledge of reliability analysis methods (e.g., FMEA, fault trees, statistical reliability modeling)
Familiarity with software-driven test frameworks and automated test infrastructure
Excellent communication and presentation skills
Excited to work in a fast-paced environment with new challenges each week

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree or experience in engineering, reliability, or a related field
Experience with spacecraft environmental test standards (e.g., NASA GEVS, SMC-S-016)
Experience standing up new teams, processes, or test capabilities
Experience with test data pipelines and results databases at scale
Experience applying industry reliability standards (e.g., MIL-HDBK-217, ECSS, ISO 26262, or AEC-Q component qualification)

Responsibilities

Build, lead, and grow the Hardware Reliability & Test organization across its three functions
Own vehicle and subsystem qualification: partner with subsystem and bus owners to define test conditions and levels, and ensure consistency across platforms
Refine and own quantitative reliability models, identifying gaps in data and proposing additional test to better inform our designs
Own Muon's hardware test frameworks, standards, results databases, and tooling, from module-level through spacecraft-level test
Deliver standard, shared spacecraft-level tests that can be easily tailored per mission
Provide shared hardware, software, and logistical resources supporting qualification, reliability, and lifetime testing across the hardware org
Partner with Systems Engineering and Business Development to demonstrate our systems meet customer requirements
Communicate reliability posture and test status to leadership and customers